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A list of the most expensive movies ever made. These are the films that cost the most amounts of money to create. This list is based on the negative cost. The amounts listed below do not include marketing budgets, etc.; they only include the production budget of the film itself. These costs are not adjusted for inflation. Hollywood studios tend to be secretive about the money they spend, so creative accounting is sometimes used to obfuscate their numbers. That said, this list is just about as accurate as they come. Filmmaking is an expensive endeavor.

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Rank   Name Release Directed by Genre(s) Actor(s)
  1. 1
    2007
    Gore Verbinski
    Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Swashbuckler films More
    David Bailie, Johnny Depp, Bill Nighy, Kevin McNally, David Schofield, Martin Klebba, Keira Knightley, Mackenzie Crook, Lee Arenberg, Vanessa Branch, Jack Davenport, Geoffrey Rush, Greg Ellis, Naomie Harris, Jonathan Pryce, Orlando Bloom, Stellan Skarsgård, Chow Yun-Fat, Tom Hollander, Keith Richards More
    Total Cost (est.): $300m
  2. 2
    2005
    Vanessa Carine Strelec
    Total Cost (est.): $260m
  3. 3
    2007
    Sam Raimi
    Drama, Fantasy, Thriller, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Superhero movie More
    Joe Manganiello, Bryce Dallas Howard, Adrian Lester, Ted Raimi, Willem Dafoe, Topher Grace, Theresa Russell, James Cromwell, Dylan Baker, Elizabeth Banks, Bruce Campbell, Kirsten Dunst, Cliff Robertson, Lucy Gordon, Bill Nunn, Rosemary Harris, Perla Haney-Jardine, Thomas Haden Church, Tobey Maguire, James Franco, J. K. Simmons, Stan Lee, Michael Papajohn More
    Total Cost (est.): $258m
  4. 4
    2009
    David Yates
    Fantasy, Family, Mystery, Action, Adventure, Romance Film
    Alfred Enoch, Isabella Laughland , Oliver Phelps, Bonnie Wright, Gemma Jones, Devon Murray, Jim Broadbent, Warwick Davis, Dave Legeno, Daniel Radcliffe, Freddie Stroma, Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, Evanna Lynch, Julie Walters, Georgina Leonidas, Robbie Coltrane, Natalia Tena, Shefali Chowdhury, Afshan Azad, Helena Bonham Carter, Mark Williams, Rupert Grint, Geraldine Somerville, Amber Evans, Emma Watson, Joshua Herdman, Frank Dillane, Anna Shaffer, Anna Shaffer, Katie Leung, Ruby Evans, Tom Felton, David Thewlis, Helen McCrory, Alan Rickman, Michael Gambon, Rob Knox, Jamie Waylett, Jessie Cave, Maggie Smith, Matthew David Lewis, Timothy Spall, James Phelps, Elarica Gallacher More
    Total Cost (est.): $250m
  5. 5
    2009
    James Cameron
    Fantasy, Thriller, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Computer Animation, Epic, Nature More
    Zoe Saldana, Wes Studi, Peter Mensah, Jason Whyte, Sean Anthony Moran, Joel Moore, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Stephen Lang, Matt Gerald, CCH Pounder, Giovanni Ribisi, Sam Worthington, Laz Alonso, Dileep Rao, Scott Lawrence More
    Total Cost (est.): $237m
  6. 6
    2008
    Andrew Adamson
    Fantasy, Family, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Christian film
    Harry Gregson-Williams, John Bach, Ben Barnes, Peter Dinklage, Damián Alcázar, Hana Frejkova, Skandar Keynes, Douglas Gresham, Jan Pavel Filipensky, Liam Neeson, Alicia Borrachero, David Bowles, Lucie Solarova, William Moseley, David Mottl, Pierfrancesco Favino, Shane Rangi, Karolina Matouskova, Curtis Matthew, Ken Stott, Warwick Davis, Vincent Grass, Ashley Jones, Marcus O'Donovan, Lejla Abbasová, Carlos Silva Da Silva, Predrag Bjelac, Joseph Moore, Klára Issová, Mana Hira Davis, Alina Phelan, Adam Valdez, David Walliams, Jack Walley, Ephraim Goldin, Cornell John, Eddie Izzard, Juan Diego Montoya Garcia, Tilda Swinton, Anna Popplewell, Georgie Henley, Sergio Castellitto, Simón Andreu, Winham Hammond, Kristina Madericova, Isaac Bell, Yemi Akinyemi, Michaela Dvorska, Sim Evan-Jones More
    Total Cost (est.): $225m
  7. 7
    2006
    Gore Verbinski
    Fantasy, Action, Adventure
    Bill Nighy, Derrick O'Connor, Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush, Kevin McNally, Tom Hollander, Lauren Maher, Naomie Harris, Martin Klebba, Lee Arenberg, San Shella, Alex Norton, Keira Knightley, David Schofield, Jack Davenport, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgård, Mackenzie Crook, David Bailie More
    Total Cost (est.): $225m
  8. 8
    2006
    Brett Ratner
    Fantasy, Thriller, Science Fiction, Action, Action/Adventure
    Eric Dane, Omahyra Mota, Bill Duke, Halle Berry, Michael Murphy, Ian McKellen, Ellen Page, Olivia Williams, Rebecca Romijn, Daniel Cudmore, Ken Leung, James Marsden, Kea Wong, Vinnie Jones, Haley Ramm, Aaron Stanford, Ben Foster, Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Famke Janssen, Anna Paquin, Kelsey Grammer, Shawn Ashmore, Dania Ramirez, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Cameron Bright, Shauna Kain, R. Lee Ermey More
    Total Cost (est.): $210m
  9. 9
    2006
    Bryan Singer
    Fantasy, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Superhero movie More
    Frank Langella, Kal Penn, James Karen, Eva Marie Saint, Peta Wilson, Tristan Lake Leabu, James Marsden, Ian Roberts, Noel Neill, Kate Bosworth, Richard Branson, Vincent Stone, Brandon Routh, Sam Huntington, Marlon Brando, Kevin Spacey, Parker Posey, David Fabrizio, Stephen Bender More
    Total Cost (est.): $209m
  10. 10
    2005
    Peter Jackson
    Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Romance Film, World cinema, Monster movie, Remake More
    John Sumner, Kyle Chandler, Jack Black, Bill Johnson, Adrien Brody, Pip Mushin, Jamie Bell, Peter Jackson, David Pittu, Lobo Chan, Craig Hall, David Denis, Thomas Kretschmann, Naomi Watts, Andy Serkis, Geraldine Brophy, Evan Parke, Colin Hanks, Mark Hadlow More
    Total Cost (est.): $207m
  11. 11
    2009
    Michael Bay
    Thriller, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
    Rainn Wilson, Frank Welker, Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro, Reno Wilson, Peter Cullen, Grey DeLisle, Josh Duhamel, Mark Ryan, Robert Foxworth, Megan Fox, Tom Kenny, Jess Harnell, Isabel Lucas, Matthew Marsden, Charles Adler, Julie White, Tony Todd, Kevin Michael Richardson, Shia LaBeouf, Ramon Rodriguez, Hugo Weaving, Michael Papajohn, Kevin Dunn More
    Total Cost (est.): $200m
  12. 12
    2009
    Roland Emmerich
    Drama, Thriller, Disaster, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Dystopia, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, Doomsday film, Natural disaster More
    Beatrice Rosen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Oliver Platt, Johann Urb, Yangzom Brauen, Alexandre Haussmann, Thandie Newton, Amanda Peet, George Segal, Thomas McCarthy, Stephen McHattie, Ric Govea, Jimi Mistry, Patrick Bauchau, Morgan Lily, Philippe Haussmann, Zlatko Buric, John Cusack, John Billingsley, Danny Glover, Woody Harrelson, Liam James, Chin Han More
    Total Cost (est.): $200m
  13. 13
    1953
    Jean Negulesco
    Drama, Black-and-white, Disaster, Action, Action/Adventure, Romance Film, Romantic drama More
    Frances Bergen, Barbara Stanwyck, Edmund Purdom, Robert Wagner, Allyn Joslyn, Clifton Webb, Audrey Dalton, Thelma Ritter, Brian Aherne, Richard Basehart, Harper Carter, William Johnstone More
    Total Cost (est.): $200m
  14. 14
    2004
    Sam Raimi
    Fantasy, Thriller, Science Fiction, Action, Action/Adventure, Superhero movie, Drama Film More
    Bonnie Somerville, Daniel Dae Kim, Ted Raimi, Elizabeth Banks, Bruce Campbell, Brianna Brown, Lucy Lawless, Rosemary Harris, Daniel Gillies, Cliff Robertson, Vanessa Ferlito, Stan Lee, Aasif Mandvi, Alfred Molina, James Franco, Willem Dafoe, Tobey Maguire, Joy Bryant, Kirsten Dunst, Joel McHale, J. K. Simmons, Donna Murphy, Dylan Baker, Bill Nunn, Emily Deschanel More
    Total Cost (est.): $200m
  15. 15
    2008
    Marc Forster
    Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime Fiction
    Alfonso Cuarón, Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench, Giancarlo Giannini, Gemma Arterton, Jeffrey Wright, David Harbour, Jesper Christensen, Anatole Taubman, Rory Kinnear, Joaquín Cosío, Glenn Foster, Simon Kassianides, Stana Katic, Neil Jackson, Guillermo del Toro, Eva Green More
    Total Cost (est.): $200m
  16. 16
    2009
    Joseph McGinty Nichol
    Thriller, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, War, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, Doomsday film More
    Michael Ironside, Po Chan, Ric Govea, Bryce Dallas Howard, Helena Bonham Carter, Jane Alexander, Jadagrace Berry, Ivan G'Vera, Roland Kickinger, Moon Bloodgood, Common, Sam Worthington, Greg Serano, Michael Papajohn, Buster Reeves, Victor J. Ho, Anton Yelchin, Dorian Nkono, Christian Bale, Linda Hamilton, Kevin Wiggins, Brian Steele, Beth Bailey, Chris Browning, Josh Brolin, Terry Crews More
    Total Cost (est.): $200m
  17. 17
    2010
    Lee Unkrich
    Comedy, Fantasy, Family, Animation, Adventure, Computer Animation
    Kristen Schaal, Ned Beatty, Michael Keaton, Laurie Metcalf, Tom Hanks, Jodi Benson, R. Lee Ermey, Jack Angel, John Morris, John Ratzenberger, Jan Rabson, John Cygan, Don Rickles, Whoopi Goldberg, Blake Clark, Teddy Newton, Emily Hahn, Timothy Dalton, Bonnie Hunt, Tim Allen, Wallace Shawn, Joan Cusack, Estelle Harris, Jeff Garlin More
    Total Cost (est.): $200m
  18. 18
    2008
    Steven Spielberg
    Fantasy, Family, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure
    Emmanuel Todorov, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, Alan Dale, Andrew Divoff, John Hurt, Harrison Ford, Ray Winstone, Dimitri Diatchenko, Pavel Lychnikoff, Igor Jijikine, Jim Broadbent, Karen Allen, Ilia Volok, Venya Manzyuk More
    Total Cost (est.): $185m
  19. 19
    2008
    Christopher Nolan
    Drama, Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Crime Fiction, Superhero movie, Evil clown More
    Aaron Eckhart, Gene Fojtik, Christian Bale, Edison Chen, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Michael Jai White, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Ron Dean, Cillian Murphy, Chin Han, Nestor Carbonell, Eric Roberts, Ritchie Coster, Anthony Michael Hall, Keith Szarabajka, Colin McFarlane, Joshua Harto, Melinda McGraw, Nathan Gamble, William Fichtner More
    Total Cost (est.): $185m
  20. 20
    2007
    Chris Weitz
    Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Film adaptation, Steampunk More
    Tom Courtenay, Ben Walker, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ian McKellen, Ian McShane, Nicole Kidman, Eva Green, Christopher Lee, Dakota Blue Richards, Sam Elliott, Daniel Craig, Tom Barker , Jack Shepherd, Kathy Bates, John Bett, Simon McBurney, Freddie Highmore, Jim Carter, Magda Szubanski More
    Total Cost (est.): $180m
  21. 21

    The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

    Total Cost (est.): $180m
  22. 22
    2008
    Andrew Stanton
    Comedy, Fantasy, Family, Animation, Science Fiction, Adventure, Romance Film, Romantic comedy, Computer Animation, Doomsday film, Satire More
    Elissa Knight, Angus MacLane, John Ratzenberger, Fred Willard, Sigourney Weaver, MacInTalk, Teddy Newton, Ben Burtt, Kathy Najimy, Jeff Garlin, Kim Kopf More
    Total Cost (est.): $180m
  23. 23
    2004
    Wolfgang Petersen
    Costume drama, History, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Sword and Sandal, Romance Film, Documentary, War More
    Rose Byrne, Brian Cox, Diane Kruger, Garrett Hedlund, James Cosmo, Saffron Burrows, Trevor Eve, Julie Christie, Julian Glover, Orlando Bloom, Eric Bana, Peter O'Toole, Adoni Maropis, Nathan Jones, Brad Pitt, Sean Bean, Brendan Gleeson, Nigel Terry, Owain Yeoman, Vincent Regan More
    Total Cost (est.): $175m
  24. 24
    1995
    Kevin Costner, Kevin Reynolds
    Thriller, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, Doomsday film More
    Robert A. Silverman, Michael Jeter, John Toles-Bey , Kim Coates, Jack Black, R. D. Call, Chaim Girafi, Zitto Kazann, Willy Petrovic, Dennis Hopper, Rick Aviles, Kevin Costner, Lanny Flaherty, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tina Majorino, Leonardo Cimino, Zakes Mokae, Luke Ka'ili Jr., Anthony DeMasters, Jack Kehler, Gerard Murphy More
    Total Cost (est.): $175m
  25. 25
    2007
    Tom Shadyac
    Comedy, Fantasy, Family, Parody, Religious Film
    Wanda Sykes, Graham Phillips, John Goodman, Maile Flanagan, Molly Shannon, Jon Stewart, Harve Presnell, Catherine Bell, Jimmy Bennett, John Michael Higgins, Jonah Hill, Ed Helms, Johnny Simmons, Steve Carell, Lauren Graham, Morgan Freeman More
    Total Cost (est.): $175m

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